Jose Reyes was traded one year into his six-year contract by the Miami Marlins to the Toronto Blue Jays. / Tom Szczerbowski, Getty Images

by Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY Sports

by Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY Sports

DUNEDIN, Fla. - If it wasn't bad enough that Jose Reyes was traded one year into his six-year contract by the Miami Marlins to the Toronto Blue Jays, Reyes divulged Friday that he was intentionally misled.

Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria actually tried to persuade Reyes to buy a house in the Miami market, Reyes said, just days before he was traded.

"Two days before the trade, I was having dinner with him in New York,'' Reyes said. "He was talking about getting a nice house in Miami. That was kind of crazy. How do you want me to spend some money in Miami when I have my house in New York, and you are going to trade me in two days? â?¦

"I was shocked. Jeffrey Loria always told me he was never going to trade me. He would call my agents and tell him to get a good place to live.''

Reyes, who hasn't talked to Loria since the trade, said he understands it's a business. He didn't have a no-trade clause in his six-year, $106 million contract.

"I don't need to see him,'' Reyes said. "I don't need talk to them (the Marlins), they traded me. That means they don't want me there. So I don't need to say, 'Why did you trade me?' ''

Reyes says there's no need for him to dissuade future free agents from signing with the Marlins simply because he is living proof of the distrust. Yet, he feels badly for the fans and players like Giancarlo Stanton who remain.

"I feel sorry for the fan base there, I feel sorry for him,'' said Reyes. "But it is what it is. I'm not in Miami anymore. It's time for me to move on.''